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Russian cadets listen to their commander during military parade training in Red Square in Moscow. The parade will take place on Nov. 7 to mark the anniversary of a historical parade in 1941 when Soviet soldiers marched through Red Square to the front lines of World War II. Denis Sinyakov/Reuters

Three nuns are seen standing in front of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Pope Benedict XVI will visit the cathedral on Saturday. Miguel Vidal/Reuters

People wade through a flooded street during the passing of hurricane Tomas in Leogane, Haiti. Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo

A US marine from the 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Bravo Company does pull-ups at a makeshift gym at his base in Talibjan in southern Afghanistan's Helmand Province. Finbarr O'Reilly/Reuters

A resident walks on a pile of wood cut illegally by villagers at a forest in the North Kolaka district of Indonesia's South Sulawesi Province. When US President Obama flies over the vast Indonesian archipelago next week, he will see first hand the size of two of the nation's greatest and most threatened resources: its forests and seas. Yusuf Ahmad/Reuters

Spanish Queen Sofia holds one of a pair of recently born twin pandas at the Madrid Zoo & Aquarium. The twin pandas were born on Sept. 7, conceived through artificial insemination in a joint effort by Spain's National Research Council and scientists from China. The cubs are the first of their species to be born in Spain since 1982, and only the third litter to be born in Europe, according to Chinese veterinarian Yuan Bo, who travelled from Beijing to assist with the birth and the first months of the newborns. Susana Vera/Reuters

A Burmese mother, left, passes her newly born child to a relative at a hospital in the border town of Mae Sot, Thailand. Twenty years after the last elections in Burma (Myanmar, when a landslide opposition victory was annulled by the military-run government, the country held a nationwide vote Sunday, Nov. 7 that its secretive generals touted as "discipline-flourishing democracy." Apichart Weerawong/AP Photo

Dr Andrea Di Falco poses for a photograph with a tiny piece of Metaflex material in a laboratory at St Andrews University, in Scotland. A team of scientists at the university have created the Metaflex material which could be used to make fabrics that manipulate visible light to shield objects from view. David Moir/Reuters

China's Pang Qing, top, and Tong Jian perform in a pairs short program during the Cup of China figure skating competition in Beijing. Alexander F. Yuan/AP Photo

Officials look at at the Burst 3.5-ton mechanical flower by artist You Wen-fu during a preview visit to the Pavilion of Dreams at the Taipei International Flora Exposition in Taipei. The event will run from Nov. 6, 2010 to April 25, 2011. Hsu Chao-chang/Reuters

An unidentified South Korean visitor in a bus watches his North Korean relatives before returning to South Korea after their reunion on the Diamond Mountain in North Korea. Yonhap, Lee Jung-hoon/AP Photo

Swiss pilot Yves Rossy, the first man in the world to fly under a jet-fitted wing, speeds through the air to perform the loop in Bercher, western Switzerland. Rossy has completed two aerial loops using his custom-made jet-propelled wingsuit. He jumped from a hot-air balloon above Lake Geneva and performed the daredevil stunt before landing safely with a parachute. Laurent Gillieron/AP Photo

Workers prepare to lift a 32-ton head and shoulders to top a giant concrete and metal statue of Jesus in Swiebodzin, western Poland. The 108-feet statue will be the world's tallest and is supposed to attract pilgrims and boost business in the town. Czarek Sokolowski/AP Photo

French climber Alain Robert, also known as the "French Spiderman," climbs the Singapore Flyer, Singapore's version of the London Eye in Singapore. Wong Maye-E/AP Photo

A dog walks on a leash through the Kampa neighborhood of Prague. Petr Josek/Reuters

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk across the south lawn of the White House in Washington as they depart for a short helicopter flight to Andrews Air Force Base, then on to India for a 10-day trip abroad. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

The Swyambhu Nath Stupa is illuminated on the second day of the Tihar Festival in Kathmandu. The festival is also considered the festival of lights, during which devotees worship the goddess of wealth, Laxmi, by illuminating their homes and business centers. Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters